Start Hunter Henry or T.J. Hockenson? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Hunter Henry over T.J. Hockenson
Wrong: 5.6 to 13.6- Books imply
- 2.6
- fantasy pts
- SEA D vs TE
- 12.8
- 15th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 10%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 5.6
- PPR pts
- GB D vs TE
- 17.8
- 8th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 22%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 13.6
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Hunter Henry over T.J. Hockenson in Week 1.
Hunter Henry is priced by the books at 2.6 projected points. T.J. Hockenson has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Hunter Henry at ADP 171 and T.J. Hockenson at 194. Market coverage on Hunter Henry is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 2.6 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 33 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for T.J. Hockenson in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Hunter Henry and NE visit SEA on Wednesday at 8:20 PM ET.
SEA allowed 12.8 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 28 yards and a touchdown against SEA.
T.J. Hockenson and MIN host GB.
GB allowed 17.8 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 8th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and a touchdown against GB.
By points allowed to the position, T.J. Hockenson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Hunter Henry was not on the injury report when the call was made.
T.J. Hockenson was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Hunter Henry played 17 games for NE and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.
He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets and 433 air yards.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Hunter Henry, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 5 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards, 10.6 PPR points.
Hunter Henry, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 43 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.
Hunter Henry, Week 16 of 2025 against BAL: 60 of 74 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.5 PPR points.
In 2025, T.J. Hockenson played 15 games for MIN and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.
He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 224 air yards.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
T.J. Hockenson, Week 16 of 2025 against NYG: 46 of 61 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1.2 PPR points.
T.J. Hockenson, Week 15 of 2025 against DAL: 44 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 66 yards, 10.6 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Hunter Henry scored 5.6 PPR points and T.J. Hockenson scored 13.6.
The call was wrong: T.J. Hockenson outscored Hunter Henry by 8.0.
Hunter Henry finished 3.0 points above the 2.6 the props implied.
Hunter Henry, Week 1 against SEA: 54 of 71 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards, 5.6 PPR points.
Hunter Henry finished as the week's TE25 in PPR scoring.
T.J. Hockenson, Week 1 against GB: 43 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 36 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.6 PPR points.
T.J. Hockenson finished as the week's TE9 in PPR scoring.
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